Pope Francis has been working since he took office in 2013 to break the barriers that no one has ever broke up, and building bridges that the Catholic Church has never been her daughter towards Muslims.
After the UAE’s visit in 2019, Pope Francis is making his second trip to the Arab Gulf in less than three years, and his latest stop is the Kingdom of Bahrain.
The visit to the Bahraini capital, Manama, will be between 3 and 6 November, at the invitation of the King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, to participate in the “Bahrain Dialogue Forum: East and West for human coexistence”, where he meets again with the Grand Imam Sheikh Al -Azhar Ahmed Good.
Pope Francis’s re-meeting with Sheikh Al-Azhar is one of the most well-known reasons for visiting Bahrain.
Whereas, “the special relationship between the Pope and the Imam al-Tayyib is one of the factors that led to the Pope’s acceptance of the Bahraini invitation, particularly in light of the fact that the Council of Muslim Elders, which is presided over by the Sheikh of Al-Azhar, is one of the principal organisations organising the dialogue forum along with the partners from the Kingdom of Bahrain.
” The forum is organized by the Council of Muslim Elders, the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs in Bahrain, and the King Hamad International Center for peaceful coexistence, within the framework of the Kingdom’s keenness and strategic orientation to extend the bridge of dialogue between the leaders of religions and sects, symbols of thought, culture and media, in cooperation with Al -Azhar Al -Sharif, the Catholic Church, the Council of Muslim Elders and a number of institutions The international is dedicated to tolerance, communication, and coexistence between people.
The conference will cover the following topics: the role of men and religious scholars in addressing contemporary challenges like climate change and the global food crisis, dialogue of religions and the achievement of global peace “the document of human brotherhood,” and experiences of promoting global coexistence and humanitarian brotherhood.
Scientists at Al-Azhar emphasised the value of the meeting in bridging Eastern and Western perspectives, fostering interreligious understanding, and addressing the risks and problems that mankind faces.
Dr.
Ahmed Hussein, Dean of the Faculty of Da`wah at Al -Azhar University said: “The Bahrain Forum is an extension of the tours of His Eminence the Grand Imam, Sheikh of Al -Azhar and the Vatican Papa in the context of strengthening human brotherhood, and for the consequences attended by the Sheikh of Al -Azhar in Europe. ”
The Council of Muslim Elders and Al-Azhar both endorse this and the search for the greatest imam, according to the Dean of the College of Da’wah.
He was grateful for the enormous and ground-breaking efforts made by the Sheikh of Al-Azhar, the head of the Council of Muslim Elders, and His Holiness Pope Francis to strengthen and institutionalise communication and cooperation between people, and that through dialogue, they transformed platitudes and theories into the reality that people now experience in the modern world.
Dialogue Between Religions Forum Pope Francis and Sheikh Al -Azhar meet in Bahrain
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